UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE EXAM SAMPLE TEST NO 1 (240536)

I. PHONETICS
1. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently
1. a. afterwards b. advice c. agree d. allow
2. a. bear b. beard c. pear d. tear
3. a. find b. bite c. since d. drive
4. a. took b. book c. shoe d. would
5. a. breath b. breathe c. thank d. threat
6. a. turn b. burn c. curtain d. bury
7. a. massage b. carriage c. voyage d. dosage
8. a. chemist b. champagne c. chaos d. chiropodist
9. a. chair b. cheap c. chorus d. child
10. a. though b. comb c. only d. gone
2. Choose one word which is stressed differently
11. a. enable b. ability c. absence d. acceptance
12. a. access b. achieve c. absent d. accident
13. a. accomplishment b. agricultural c. automatic d. disappearance
14. a. acceptable b. admission c. accessible d. agriculture
15. a. addition b. disagreement c. advice d. inactive
16. a. advertise b. advisable c. absorptive d. absorbent
17. a. apply b. amuse c. admit d. accuracy
18. a. argument b. anxiety c. anxious d. anger
19. a. arrival b. approve c. attendance d. applicant
20. a. amusement b. astonishment c. disagreeable d. attractive
II. VOCABULARY
1. Choose the best answer
21. The politician tried to arouse the crowd, but most of them were ______ to his arguments.
A. closed B. dead C. careless D. indifferent
22. Your argument _____ that Britain is still a great power, but this is no longer the case.
A. outlines B. presupposes C. concerns D. presents
23. You are under no obligation _____ to accept this offer.
A. indeed B. eventually C. apart D. whatsoever
24. Could you possibly _____me at the next committee meeting?
A. stand in for B. make up for C. fall back on D. keep in with
25. She should have been here, but she’s gone _____ flu.
A. through with B. down with C. back on D. down by
26. She expressed her ____ for certain kinds of cheaply produced movies.
A. disapproval B. distaste C. dissatisfaction D. disloyalty
27. He became a millionaire by ____ of hard work and a considerable amount of luck.
A. process B. effect C. dint D. cause
28. He’s a very difficult person to ____ with.
A. deal B. do C. get D. treat
29. She’s ____ a kind of person that she can never say no to anyone.
A. so B. quite C. very D. such
30. I must remember to put that dinner invitation in my ____ .
A. agenda B. diary C. record D. journal
2. Choose the best answer
One 31)________ last summer a boy 32_____ took an old tyre from 33)________ and went
down to the beach 34)________, although he 35)________ swim and his mother had
36)________ go near the water. But he felt 37_____, so he took no notice of her warning. Before
long the wind blew him out to sea. His sister saw him but by this time he was 38)________ far
out for anyone to reach him. Then someone had the 39)________ up the coastguards.
40)________ few minutes a helicopter was 41_____ flying over the boy and he was soon pulled
to safety.
Cases like this happen every day 42)________ summer and sometimes people are not so lucky.
43)________ surprise coastguards is that people 44)________ on special clothes and take all
kinds of precautions when they go climbing often go out in small boats without 45)________
safety equipment or means of signaling for 46_____. They don't realize, either, that it is as easy
to die of exposure 47)________ sea as 48)________ on top of a mountain, so that 49_____ the
coastguards see they are 50)________, it will be too late to save them.
31. A. time B. time the C. day D. day the
32. A. of 10 years B. with 10 years C. of 10 D. who had 10 years
33. A. his fathers’ B. her fathers' C. her father's D. his father's
34. A. bath B. bathe himself C. bathe D. bath himself
35. A. might not B. couldn't C. didn't know to D. has not been able to
36. A. told him that he didn't B. said him that he didn't
C. told him not to D. said him not to
37. A. to be hot B. hot C. himself to be hot D. himself hot
38. A. so B. such C. enough D. Too
39. A. idea to ring B. idea of ringing C. interest to ring D. interest of ringing
40. A. At a B. At C. In D. In a
41. A. even B. still C. yet D. already
42. A. in B. on C. at D. The
43. A. Thing what B. It is what C. What D. That which
44. A. who puts B. who put C. which puts D. which put
45. A. taking any B. taking no C. to take any D. to take no
46. A. a help. B. help. C. the help. D. helping.
47. A. from B. in C. on D. At
48. A. it is B. it’s C. there is D. there's
49. A. unless B. if C. even D. whether
50. A. with troubles B. with trouble C. in troubles D. in trouble
III. GRAMMAR
1. Choose the best answer
51. Tennis star Chris Event, who retired from the game after eighteen years, perhaps ____ more
than anyone to make women's professional tennis a widely respected career.
A. who did B. has done C. and doing D. to do
52. The daytime ____ bright because the Earth's atmosphere scatters sunlight.
A. while sky is B. has a sky C. sky is D. for the sky
53. Edward Hopper's paintings portray the loneliness and isolation of the individual ____.
A. is in an urbanized society B. in society is urbanized
C. who in an urbanized society D. in an urbanized society
54. Braille, ____ printing reading materials for use by people who are blind, consists of a system
of raised points or dots that are read by touch.
A. is a method of B. a method of C. which a method of D. a method is of
55. The art of landscape architecture is almost as old ____ of architecture itself.
A. as that B. that C. as D. than that
56. The development of synthetic fibers after 1940 led to the production of new types of fabrics
____ more durable and easier to care for.
A. that they were B. that were C. were D. and were
57. Until the eighteenth century, charcoal was ____ used in blast furnaces, as well as in
glassmaking, blacksmithing, and metalworking.
A. what the chief fuel B. the chief fuel that C. the chief fuel was D. the chief fuel
58. Pure iron cannot be hardened by heating and cooling, as ____, because iron lacks the
necessary carbon.
A. steel it can B. can steel C. with steel can D. so can steel
59. Rapids and waterfalls, ____ along virtually all Massachusetts waterways, provided power in
colonial times for grist and saw mills and later for textile mills.
A. common B. were common C. which, being common D. being common, were
60. Airsickness is produced by a disturbance of the inner car, ____ psychogenic factors, such as
fear, also play a part.
A. in spite of B. neither C. nor D. although
2. Choose the underlined part that needs correcting
61. Eleanor Roosevelt set the standard against which the wives of all United States Presidents
since have evaluated.
62. The Armory Show, held in New York in 1913, was a important exhibition of modern
European art.
63. Ripe fruit is often stored in a place who contains much carbon dioxide so that the fruit will
not decay too rapidly.
64. In 1852 Massachusetts passed a law requiring all children from four to eighteen years of old
to attend school.
65. The main purpose of classifying animals is to show the most probable evolutionary
relationship of the different species to each another.
66. Matthew C. Perry, a United States naval commander, gained fame not in war and through
diplomacy
67. One of the most impressive collections of nineteenth-century European paintings in the
United States can be found to the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
68. Three of every four migrating water birds in North America visits the Gulf of Mexico's
winter wetlands.
69. Charleston, West Virginia, was named for Charles Clendenin who son George acquired land
at the junction of the Elk and Kanawha rivers in 1787.
70. Financier Andrew Mellon donated most of his magnificent art collection to the National
Gallery of Art, where it is now locating.
71. Of the two hourly rates of pay, workers will be paid the highest for overtime work.
72. The design for the new community centre combines both refreshing originality as well as an
impressive respect for the traditional architecture of the area.
73. Use a stethoscope enables a doctor to hear sounds produced in the body, especially heart and
lung sounds.
74. Teachers who give a lot of homeworks are generally better regarded by their students than
those who don’t.
75. The little boy’s mother brought him a five-speeds racing bicycle for his birthday.
IV. READ THE TEXT CAREFULLY AND THEN CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWERS
After inventing dynamite, Swedish-born Alfred Nobel became a very rich man. However, he
foresaw its universally destructive powers too late. Nobel preferred not to be remembered as the
inventor of dynamite, so in 1895, just two weeks before his death, he created a fund to be used
for awarding prizes to people who had made worthwhile contributions to mankind. Originally
there were five awards: literature, physics, chemistry, medicine, and peace. Economics was
added in 1968, just sixty-seven years after the first award ceremony. Nobel's original legacy of
nine million dollars was invested, and the interest on this sum is used for the awards which vary
from $30,000 to $125,000.
Every year on December 10, the anniversary of Nobel's death, the awards (gold medal,
illuminated diploma, and money) are presented to the winners. Sometimes politics plays an
important role in the judge' decision. Americans have won numerous science awards, but
relatively few literature prizes. No awards were presented from 1940 to 1942 at the beginning of
World War II. Some people have won two prizes, but this is rare; others have shared prizes.
76. When did the first award ceremony take place?
A. 1895 B. 1901 C. 1962 D. 1968
77. Why was the Nobel Prize established?
A. To recognize worthwhile contributions to humanity.
B. To resolve political differences.
C. To honor the inventor of dynamite.
D. To spend money
78. In which area have Americans received the most awards?
A. literature B. peace C. economics D. science
79. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. Awards vary in monetary value.
B. Ceremonies are held on December 10 to commemorate Nobel's invention.
C. Politics can play an important role in selecting the winners.
D. A few individuals have won two awards.
10. In how many fields are prizes bestowed?
A. 2
B. 5
C. 6
D. 10